September 06, 2017 08:00 ET | Source: Payment Data Systems, Inc.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Payment Data Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYDS), an integrated electronic payment solutions provider, announced that the acquisition of Singular Payments, LLC was finalized on September 1, 2017. The transaction will add over 1,200 new merchant customers, which are primarily health care related, and over $500 million in annual payment processing volume to Payment Data Systems.
We expect Singular to immediately contribute over $10 million in annualized revenue to Payment Data Systems. The result should cause Payment Data Systems to record all-time high revenues in the fourth quarter of 2017, and a 10%-15% increase in revenues in the third quarter of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016.
"We are thrilled that we have closed this transaction and are now able to realize the associated value that Singular brings. This strategic acquisition will accelerate our growth and is consistent with our strategic plans to grow the revenues of our Company," stated Louis Hoch, President and CEO of Payment Data Systems.
Mr. Landers and all the Singular employees will be joining the Payment Data Systems team and bring significant payment processing experience and industry relationships to the Company. Mr. Landers will be a key member of the senior executive team as the Company's Chief Revenue Officer.
Payment Data Systems acquired Singular with a combination of cash generated from operations and common stock, for a total consideration of $5 million. The total cash consideration was $1.5 million which included $600,000 for the repayment of the Singular note that was due to Payment Data Systems. The stock consideration was 1,515,152 shares of common stock of the Company valued at $3.5 million or $2.31 a share. The stock is subject to a minimum lock-up period of 24 months.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this release include forward-looking statements which are covered by safe harbors. Those statements include, but may not be limited to, all statements regarding management's intent, belief and expectations, such as statements concerning the acquisition of Singular Payments, our future and our operating and growth strategy. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of words such as "believe," "intend," "look forward," "anticipate," "should," and "expect" among others. Forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to certain risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business that could cause actual results to vary, including such risks related to the closing of the proposed Singular acquisition, the realization of the anticipated opportunities from the proposed Singular acquisition, the management of the Company's growth, the loss of key resellers, the relationships with the Automated Clearinghouse network, bank sponsors, third-party card processing providers and merchants, the security of our software, hardware and information, and compliance with complex federal, state and local laws and regulations, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. One or more of these factors have affected, and in the future, could affect our businesses and financial results in the future and could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and projections. We believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements included in this release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our objectives and plans will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in this release are based on information presently available to our management. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.


Weather played a spoil sport as the entire day was washed out.
Lords: In the morning the covers were still on and the toss was delayed due to rain. Due to slight drizzle, the pitch was still under covers. The opening day of the second Test featuring hosts England and India was called off due to continuous rain at the Lord's here on Thursday.
It's been a rainy morning here in London and looks like we'll have to play the waiting game for a bit.
Weather played a spoil sport as the entire day was washed out. Even toss couldn't take place with rain starting in the morning.
The home side lead the five-match rubber 1-0 after winning the first Test in Birmingham narrowly by 31 runs.
Talking about the match India team will focus on making a comeback in the second test of five test match series against England. On the other hand, England team's captain Joe Root will try to maintain their form in the second test match.
With the poor performance in the opening test match against England, India team would look forward to rectifying their mistakes and apply themselves diligently when India will face the host in the second match of the five-match series, starting here on Thursday. India lost the first test because of the top batting order as all they failed drastically in the first test. No other batsman performed aprt from the skipper Virat Kohli.
In both the innings of the first Test which the tourists lost by 31 runs, all the batsmen, apart from skipper Virat Kohli failed. No other batters supported Kohli, who at the other hand fought valiantly. He was the only batsman who fought valiantly. Virat Kohli scored 149 in the first innings while the other batsmen could only score 107 runs combined. The story of the second innings was more or less the same as Kohli top-scored with 51 runs in 93 balls.


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CHIEF JUDGE SUSAN M. CHEHARDY APPOINTED AS JUSTICE PRO TEMPORE TO THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT

Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson and the Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court have appointed Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Susan M. Chehardy as justice pro tempore of the Louisiana Supreme Court, First District, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Greg G. Guidry.  Chehardy’s appointment will be effective July 26, 2019 through December 31, 2019 or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner.

Chief Judge Chehardy received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University College of Law in 1985. Upon graduation she held the position as law clerk for the late Hon. Veronica Wicker for the 85’-86’ term. In August of 1986 she was employed as an associate with the firm of Gauthier, Murphy, Chehardy, Sherman & Breslin.  In 1989 she became a partner in the firm of Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis & Breslin. In 1991, she opened her own general litigation practice, Chehardy & Nielsen.

In January of 1992 she was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court as judge pro tempore to Division C of the 24th JDC. In September of 1992 she was elected judge of Division N of the 24th JDC. She served as judge of Division N, winning re-election to her district court seat in 1996. In October of 1998 she was elected to Division D of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, the first woman to be elected to that Court. She was re-elected in 2002 and 2012. In January of 2013, she was sworn in to her new term as the first female Chief Judge of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Judge Chehardy is a member of the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Jefferson Bar Association and the New Orleans Bar Association, as well as a retired member of the Federal Bar Associations of the Eastern and Middle Districts. She is also a member of the American Judges Association, the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal, the Conference of Court of Appeal Judges, the Fifth Circuit Judges Association, the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association, the Association of Women Judges and the American Judicature Society.

Justice Greg Guidry retired from the Louisiana Supreme Court effective June 22, 2019 after his confirmation as a judge to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.  Guidry began serving on the Louisiana Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in January 2009. He was formerly a judge on the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, having won election in August 2006. He served as a district court judge on the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson for six years beginning in October 2000.

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Lil Kesh, Olamide Criticized For Glorifying Yahoo-Yahoo, Blood Money In Their Latest Song
Nigerian rapper, Olamide and Lil Kesh, are currently under fire for their new song which most people believe is promoting ritual killings and illegal means to make money. The song titled 'Logo Benz' has lyrics like "If money no enter i…
Rapper Olamide Under Fire For Shifting Loyalty To Sanwo-Olu
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Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide Badoo, has been criticised by his fans for shifting allegiance from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos state All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Babajide…
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As Olamide dropped his new single, Motigbana, on Wednesday, some of his fans have been raving not only about the song but also about its artwork. When he shared images of the artwork on his Instagram page Look out…
Olamide, Phyno Release Super Eagles World Cup Tune
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Nigerian indigenous rappers, Olamide and Phyno, have released a World Cup theme tune to support the Super Eagles at the finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The song, tittled "Dem Go Hear Am" produced by Pheelz, is powered by…
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There have been varying reactions since the release of the 2016/2017 Headies nomination list. As expected, it is not without questions, but generally, music pundits seem satisfied with this year's nominations. The major categories have…
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Review: The opening to a book without dragons was, we are introduced to Willow Ayers in the year 2054, who is one of the creators of Unitime which basically controls all electronics. However, strange things start happening with clocks being wrong, phone calls dropping and much more which should be impossible due to Unitime's technology. We begin to see how this begins effecting everyday people and when we are finally introduced to Willow's perspective we learn that he might not be able to fix the system, he might just have to stabilize it long enough for NASA to launch the old technology back into space, but he isn't sure he can even do that. Despite his fame, Willow seems to be a bit of a recluse with the only person he trusts Jasper who is his friend from college who works for the FBI.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, we the readers and Willow are beginning to see how much these small glitches are affecting people and how in many cases it is causing people to panic and allows criminals more freedom as police are concluding that many incidents are caused by the glitches, not by people.
As we cross the ¼ mark in the novel, we learn more about Willow's history. We learn that his partner Troy died in a car accident just before the Unitime satellites were launched. We learn from Troy's brother that he sent him a text with a date and nothing else which happens to be the exact date that the Unitime technology started malfunctioning. Despite Willow's personality we are now beginning to question whether this malfunctioning system was planned or completely random and what was Willow's relationship with Troy? And how did Troy know this was going to happen years in advance?
As we approach the halfway mark in the novel, Willow despite all Jasper's efforts to keep him hidden often goes walking about at night because he can't get his anxiety medication anymore. On one of these midnight outings he comes across Zabby who is trying to escape her abusive father, and both accidentally make friends with a little dog called Cinder. After a few weeks, the world has really gone to hell with almost everyone not being able to function without technology. Willow in a bid for help decides to put a message out to the public and tries harder than ever to correct the glitch but nothing works, and he seems to be completely unaware that Troy's brother is set to kill him not even when he wants to meet with him.
As we cross into the second half of the novel, we see how all the characters are banding together to try and fix the problem or find a way to live without the technology but there are still major issues floating around in the background that hopefully will be brought to light very soon. The main issue being whether or not Willow is actually responsible for Tory's death because he wanted to hide something or is Troy's brother just a little crazy.
As we cross into the final section of the novel, the true motivations of the characters are revealed, and I must say it turned out to be an extremely interesting concept and I'd love to know where the author found this idea. Overall, I felt that a Book without Dragons was a little slow and hard to get into but the pay off was definitely worth it.
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Craftman vs Zombies: The Last Battle is a new and exciting game that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. You play as the craftman, trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. This game is full of action and adventure, and you never know what is going to happen next.
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The Turkish subsidiary of Russia's nuclear energy company Rosatom plans to launch its project to build the first nuclear power plant in Turkey next year, Russian news agency TASS reported, citing a statement from the Rosatom State Nuclear Corporation. Russia and Turkey signed an inter-governmental agreement in 2010 on cooperation in the construction and operation of Turkey's first NPP. The $20-billion Akkuyu NPP project stipulates building four power units with VVER-1200 reactors and a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts in the southern Turkish province of Mersin. The plant is estimated to meet around 6-7% of Turkey's electricity demand. The project is to be carried out by Akkuyu Nuclear Company, a subsidiary of Rosatom Energy International, which was granted a 49-year-long electricity generation license from the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority on Thursday. "After carefully reviewing the bid, the regulatory council decided to give the green light to the bid and issued a power generation license to Akkuyu Nuclear Company, valid until June 15, 2066," Rosatom said in a statement.
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Join us for our highly anticipated follow-up interview with both Hans and Birgitta Mattsson during our recent trip to Sweden to visit with those who attended the original "Swedish Rescue" fireside in November, 2010. Our first interview with Hans and Birgitta was released on July 22, 2013 and is noted as one of our most important releases given Hans' church leadership pedigree as a bishop and stake president in Sweden before serving in the LDS church 3rd Quorum of the Seventy from 2000-2005 in the Europe Central area under LDS Apostle L. Tom Perry, as well as the sincere struggles with testimony that both Hans and Birgitta faced after his release as an Area Authority.
The idea of regarding a few families as the 'Royalty" of the Mormon religious community is not unique to Mormonism.
The Bahai communities of Europe, which were also developed by pioneers, also had highly respected families that were central to administrative and spiritual life.
Oh my goodness. I loved this interview. I love and respect Bro and Sis Mattsson. They are simply amazing. Such courage to follow their heart and let the consequences follow. I wish them good health and continued happiness.
What a beautiful and loving couple! I got chills when Brigitta said she chose Hans over the church. These two have hearts of gold and radiate love and truth. Thank you for interviewing them. I can't wait to get their book!
I would love to get a link to the Swedish version of the book. Can't seem to find it online in the states. As a returned missionary who served in Sweden from 1998-2000, these interviews with these wonderful Swedes has been heartwarming. Please add a link to the Swedish language version!! Tack ska ni ha!
At least they don't have to worry about anything anymore. Celestial Glory is a given for them.
Personally, I would like the second anointing to be an ordinance conducted as an act of kindness and even done as proxy for deceased ancestors. However, the only way I would like to see it carried out would be in the spirit of mentor / fan relationship.
A mentor would pick a fellow Mormon and pass done the ordinance out of a kindred spirit relationship.
A fan or perhaps better would be disciple/admirer would pick out a prominent member and ask to either perform the ordinance on behalf of a deceased ancestor or receive his/her own foot washing ordinance.
I'm not sure if it was the curing acid while edging the cement of the garage floor preparing for epoxy, listening to this on my earbuds, but I misted up not once, but twice. I've listened to the previous podcast with Hans and Brigitta, and the Swedish Rescue just a day or two ago, but this one really touched me, thanks you two.
Hans, you touched on something that I really identified on. The fact that there appears to exist within the church certain select ordinances available for just a few, usually the selected elite. The first one of these was polygamy. Polygamy described as the new and everlasting covenant, that BY ascribed to being necessary to the ascending to the highest levels, however seemingly limited to only be practiced by the higher circles, the connected elite, the future dynasty of apologetic dynastic fame. The second anointing is that same flavor, a practice of the highest brotherhood, the power couples of LDS inc. Hans you touched on the problem of what I term "selective saving ordinances".
The mathematics alone of polygamy was obvious enough to preclude only a few select actually practicing it, even then there were boys turned out of communities, and DNA lines blending unhealthily close. The natural outcome of the apologetic says "polygamy was only intended as a temporal practice, for a select few, to remedy the widow, and to replenish a (non existent) man/woman disparity. All of this yet an entire section in the Mormon cannon describing the practice as a "new and everlasting covenant". To me, all of it flies in the face of a God claiming to be "no respecter of persons", who "giveth liberally and abraideth not", and if there was a plan, it would be for all of us to be shared in equally. It seems to me that if polygamy is needed, as both Joseph BY said it was for the highest echelons of glory, that it would be on offer to all who fought in the pre-existence for the Father plan, yet again the blessings of obedience to the law only on offer to a select few, the mathmatics of polygamy still not computing, and the blessings of a second anointed guaranteed heaven to only a select few. Now to be fair and show my cards, I don't believe any of it and am all the way a non-believer, in religion and deity, but his was a shelf item for many years when I was fully in. However this church is leader centric, promoting leader worship, leader favor, leader deferment, and leader privilege, including solitary access to some saving ordinances.
Hans and Brigitta, you are loving, giving, sincere, honest, people, and an example of the best part of the Mormon church. The fact that the church has lost you, and so many others like you, says volumes. I am not surprised that through it all, and despite the power the church has over people's thinking which can pull families apart, you have been able to retain the love and respect of your children and grandchildren. Thank you for your courage. Your descendants may never fully appreciate how important for them it is that you have done what you have done. As you close a door today, it opens a window for tomorrow. Because of you, your children and grandchildren need not fear a marketplace of ideas where only that which can withstand scrutiny can survive. You have freed up future hearts and minds from the narrow thinking, tribalism, guilt, fear, manipulation, conformity, and blind obedience that a religious mindset and a religious organization can impose. What could make your children and grandchildren more proud of you, than for them to know how much you value integrity, independence of thought, and critical thinking? You have shown them that although seeking truth often means rocking the boat, being true to oneself is of paramount importance. Being honest with oneself and with others should never be sacrificed to group pressure, and should never be considered evil or disloyal. These are the lessons that your descendants might not learn in a church or in our society, because often our institutional leaders do not put openness and honesty first. I think that is because the weight and the temptations of power can warp their thinking. As Lord Acton (1834-1902), a British historian, wrote: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man." The terrible status of politics and of the presidency today in America contrasts radically with your example of integrity. Both of you are a breath of fresh air. It was so good to listen to your podcasts rather than the evening news.
I wonder how many African Americans have had their second anointing, if any.
I am truly grateful and thankful for you both! Your story has touched me and my families life beyond measure! We have experienced a faith crisis this last year. Your story and your willingness to speak out on real truths about the Mormon church helped us through our painful journey! You are an inspirational couple! You truly touched our hearts! We bought your book and loved it! Words cant express how thankful we are for you both! Much love to you both!!! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!!!!


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DCA & HMFA Break ground on 30-Unit Affordable Apartment Community in Somerdale
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Lisa Ryan, Office of Communications
Project to Provide Affordable Housing for Families in Camden County
SOMERDALE, N.J. – Representatives from the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) joined local officials today to break ground on Gateway Village, an affordable apartment community for families located in Somerdale, Camden County. The HMFA, an affiliate of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), provided permanent mortgage financing in the amount of $352,000 for the project. Gateway Village was also awarded federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which will generate approximately $4.4 million in private equity. In addition, approximately $1 million in funding came from DCA's Balanced Housing Program.
"Gateway Village represents not just an expansion of affordable housing options in the Somerdale area, but it will serve as an asset to the surrounding community," said DCA Commissioner Lori Grifa, who is Chair of the HMFA. ""The DCA and HMFA are proud to be involved in projects such as these because they create high-quality affordable housing for those New Jersey households who need it."
Upon completion, Gateway Village will offer 30 affordable family rental units located within the Lions Head Plaza redevelopment area that will serve as Somerdale's new town center. The project will consist of four three-story buildings containing one, two, and three bedroom units. The buildings will be constructed in a townhouse style with each apartment having its own exterior door. The design of Lions Head Plaza conveys a main street appearance, including wide sidewalks for pedestrian access and outdoor dining, and an outdoor plaza for civic events. Within walking distance from Gateway Village are a neighborhood elementary school and a PATCO train station that provides access to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
"Gateway Village will create safe, decent, and affordable housing in close proximity to public transportation and jobs in Camden County," said HMFA Executive Director Anthony L. Marchetta. "I am pleased that HMFA played a role in getting this project off the ground. This project truly represents our mission of increasing the availability of affordable housing for residents of the State."
The project is being developed by Conifer Realty, LLC, a real estate company that specializes in the development, construction and management of high-quality, affordable rental housing communities. Conifer has developed, owns and manages over 2,000 apartments in New Jersey.
HMFA is the administrator of federal tax credit programs for New Jersey. Low Income Housing Tax Credits are a dollar-for-dollar reduction in federal tax liability and act as a catalyst to attract private investment into the affordable housing market.
DCA administers the Balanced Housing Program, which provides municipalities and for-profit and non-profit developers with financial assistance needed to spur the development of affordable housing across the state. Balanced Housing is funded by a portion of the New Jersey Realty Transfer Tax, which is collected on the sale of every non-exempt property within the State.
For more information on all HMFA programs, please call 1-800-NJHOUSE or 609-278-7400, or log on to www.nj-hmfa.com. For more information on DCA programs, please log on to www.nj.gov/dca.


Jack Dorsey speaks to media, family members and colleagues while unveiling the Square Terminal.
Square CEO Jack Dorsey says he aims to add more than 300 jobs in the company's St. Louis branch in the coming year — mostly in engineering, design and product development.
Dorsey, a St. Louis native, mentioned those plans during a press conference last Friday to promote the company's new product, Square Terminal. (The news was under embargo until today.) "That's not a company goal, but for me personally, that's what I would love to see and help make happen," Dorsey says.
Four software engineering jobs have already been listed "within the last 90 days," says Jesse Dorogusker, Square's head of hardware.
Square is currently housed in Cortex, a Central West End tech hub that houses LaunchCode among other startups and companies. However, Square and Dorsey indicated they have their eyes set on downtown in the near future.
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Across the room, Mayor Krewson echoed the sentiment with a muffled, "Amen."
Tim, left, and Marcia Dorsey listen to local business owners rave about their son's new Square Terminal.
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Its innovations could be a potential boon not only for the city's economic growth, but also for businesses based here. The Terminal is a sleek payment processor that allows manual payment entry for both online and in-store purchases. Its Wi-Fi connectivity allows it to be passed to a customer for signatures.
Specs include a super-fast chip reader that promises to cut down on onerous wait times, compatibility with mobile payments such as Apple Pay and a built-in receipt printer that eliminates the need for the separate devices used by most stores. You could think of it as the iPhone of card readers.
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Functional Programming Techniques With Ruby: Part I
Nathan Kleyn
Ruby is an interesting language, in that it supports the use of multiple paradigms. One of these is the "functional paradigm".
Features of Functional Languages
Using a language in a functional style implies you have access to a few key features:
Immutable values: once a "variable" is set, it cannot be changed. In Ruby, this means you effectively have to treat variables like constants.
No side-effects: when passed a given value, a function must always return the same result. This goes hand in hand with having immutable values; a function can never take a value and change it, as this would be causing a side-effect that is tangential to returning a result.
Higher-order functions: these are functions that allow functions as arguments, or use functions as the return value. This is, arguably, one of the most critical features of any functional language.
Currying: enabled by higher-order functions, currying is transforming a function that takes multiple arguments into a function that takes one argument. This goes hand in hand with partial function application, which is transforming a multi-argument function into a function that takes less arguments then it did originally.
Recursion: looping by calling a function from within itself. When you don't have access to mutable data, recursion is used to build up and chain data construction. This is because looping is not a functional concept, as it requires variables to be passed around to store the state of the loop at a given time.
Lazy-evaluation, or delayed-evaluation: delaying processing of values until the moment when it is actually needed. If, as an example, you have some code that generated list of Fibonacci numbers with lazy-evaluation enabled, this would not actually be processed and calculated until one of the values in the result was required by another function, such as puts.
Using Ruby as a Functional Language
In this series, we will visit each of these features one by one, and look at how you can use them to produce cleaner, more efficient, and better structured Ruby code.
I should point out in advance a warning: using some of the techniques we will cover in production code is not recommended. I'll try to clearly state, whenever I can, which features these are and why they are bad. The fact is, though, that Ruby is, at heart, an OO language for an OO world. Functional style code can be written in Ruby easily, but it suffers mostly from performance problems as a result of not being the focused on the paradigm.
More on that later; for now, let's talk about the topic at hand: immutability.
Immutability, and Side-Effect Free Code
To start the series off, let's explore immutability and side-effect free code. Pure functional languages do not allow mutable data, and as a result, functions cannot do anything but take arguments and produce a result using these arguments.
What Is Side-Effect Free Code, and Why Is It Good For Me?
Functional programming is a paradigm based mostly on the principles that programming should follow the rules of mathematics. Let's take the following, valid imperative programming paradigm expression:
x = x + 1
If we apply the rules of maths to this, we should be able to rebalance the equation:
x - x = 1
∴ 0 = 1 (!?)
Woah, what happened there?! Clearly, this doesn't work. The imperative style of programming doesn't match the mathethematical underpinning of functional programming. Mathematical functions are built on the idea of immutability; that is, values cannot be redefined like we have done in the imperative statement above. We can combat this problem by using a new constant to represent the updated value:
y = x + 1
Now this is perfectly valid in both paradigms:
∴ x = y - 1
The functional programming paradigm, with its roots based in mathematics, uses this basic idea at its core. When using Ruby for functional programming techniques, and you want to try to avoid side-effects, you should endeavour to never redefine a variable; that is, treat variables as constants. There are numerous benefits to this approach, some important ones of which are:
Functions, or methods, become easily unit tested. This is because, if they never mutate data, but rather only ever provide copies or new objects as return values, the same input is guaranteed to always produce the same output. Thus, the code can be said to be "side-effect free".
Your code becomes incredibly concise and readable. As you will have to create a new variable for every mutation you need to do, it will be obvious at first glance as to the scalability and shortfalls of a particular method. Pure functional languages often tout the easy ability to reason about performance of a given block of code as a feature.
Chaining becomes incredibly easy, mainly because what is returned by every function is a new, immutable value that can be passed into the next without worry, and discarded without concern.
Your functions will be domain free; you can apply them in an infinite number of ways, as they have no state specific logic hidden inside of them.
Writing Side-Effect Free Code
Version Number Parsing
In 2010, Yahuda Katz posted a simple, but interesting question on Twitter1 :
Question: what's the easiest way to get ["X::Y::Z", "X::Y", "X"] from "X::Y::Z" in Ruby?
Of course, there are dozens of solutions to this problem, but solving it in a functional style proved to be a lure too good to resist for the Ruby Quicktips Tumblr 2:
def module_split(module_path, separator = "::")
modules = module_path.split(separator)
modules.length.downto(1).map { |n| modules.first(n).join(separator) }
module_split("W::X::Y::Z")
There are many benefits to writing this method in a functional style with zero side-effects:
Easily testable with unit tests.
Uses as many core Ruby methods as possible, decreasing the likelihood of error creep and wheel re-invention.
Pretty fast. Uses memoization where possible, and optimised Ruby core methods elsewhere.
Clean, readable, easily understood; it virtually reads like plain English.
Fluent DSLs With Chainable Methods
One major benefit of using a functional style is that it generally makes chaining a piece of cake. In this example, we're going to try and build a DSL for building up a block of CSS code; we'll build up a selector, along with properties and values to set styles on.
As such, we need a class, with two methods: one for adding properties, and one for setting the selector.
class CssBlock
# We'll add some methods in here.
First, we'll set the selector as a mandatory property in the initialiser. We'll also set up the properties attribute as an empty Hash:
attr_reader :selector, :properties
def initialize(selector, properties = {})
@selector = selector.dup.freeze
@properties = properties.dup.freeze
Note that we've used an attr_reader for both properties, and we've duplicated and frozen the values; now we can guarantee the passed in values cannot be modified.
Next, we create the code to add some properties to the block:
def set(key, value = nil)
new_properties = if key.is_a?(Hash)
elsif !value.nil?
key => value
raise "Either provide a Hash of values, or a key and value."
self.class.new(self.selector, self.properties.merge(new_properties))
The key takeaways from this block of code are:
We accept either a Hash of properties to merge in, or a key/value pair to add to the already existing properties.
We return a new instance of the CssBlock class, setting the properties to be the merge result of the existing properties and our new properties.
We raise an error if they didn't give us the right format of items.
We do not add, edit or modify any state stored on the copy of the object we're dealing with. Once the object is instantated, that's it; it's fixed as it was.
Now, let's add a method to serialise the contents of this class, which is basically us just defining the #to_s method:
def to_s
serialised_properties = self.properties.inject([]) do |acc, (k, v)|
acc + ["#{k}: #{v}"]
"#{self.selector} { #{serialised_properties.join("; ") } }"
We use #inject to build up an array of stringified properties. One absolutely crucial little detail here is that we do not modify the acc variable within the block. As Ruby's equivalent of the fold/foldr function found in most functional programming languages, #inject is a staple method for building up objects in a functional way as shown.
Now to test it out:
CssBlock.new("#some_id .class a").set("color", "#FFF").set({ "color" => "#000", "text-decoration" => "underline"}) # => "#some_id .class a { color: #000; text-decoration: underline }"
Huzzah, it works! Not only that, but it's super simple, easily testable, and should prove to be very easy to work with or extend as necessary.
For your convenience, here's the full source code:
Caveats of Side-Effect Free Code In Ruby
The reality of trying to write side-effect free code in Ruby is that it doesn't really work for much else but experimentation at this stage. The raw truth of the matter is that Ruby has several major problems handling properly immutable data:
Freezing objects cannot be automated. You can get part way by monkey patching the #new_method on Class to call freeze on the return value of the original #new method, but that method doesn't get called when certain core types are instantiated (Hash, String, Array, etc.). That means you'll have to manually freeze objects if you want them to be forced immutable; if you don't, you can't guarantee you're actually writing side-effect free code.
The steep cost of object creation in Ruby means that using a functional style of programming is going to prove costly to any performance related goals. Hopefully, this problem will fade away as Ruby implementations push for faster interpreters.
One of the key benefits of functional programming, simpler concurrency, is difficult to achieve in Ruby due to the presence of the GIL and a naïve threading implementation. In alternative Ruby implementations such as JRuby and Rubinius, this is not such a big problem. Although Ruby 1.9 has made big strides towards a better threading model with Fibers and such, it will still make fully exploring this realm of benefits harder than it is in a purpose built functional language as there is still no way to have proper parallel threads in CRuby.
Whilst these techniques are not necessarily useful in production code, they are extremely useful to keep in mind when designing robust object models.
We'll talk about higher-order functions, and how they allow currying, a very interesting and highly useful programming approach.
1: http://twitter.com/wycats/status/9042964562
2: http://rubyquicktips.com/post/1018776470/embracing-functional-programming
Hi! I currently work for Intent HQ as Director of Engineering, writing functional Scala by day and Rust by night. I write for SitePoint about Ruby, and I'm on Twitter and on GitHub. You can get in touch with me at mail/at/nathankleyn.com.
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Ленингра́дский ко́декс (, сигла L) — старейший полностью сохранившийся манускрипт масоретского текста Танаха, датированный по колофону 1008 годом. Был изготовлен в Каире по рукописям Моше бен Ашера. Обнаружен (вероятно, в Крыму) Авраамом Фирковичем, который в 1838 году вывез его в Одессу. После смерти учёного, в 1865 году кодекс поступил в Императорскую публичную библиотеку в Санкт-Петербурге, где находится по настоящее время (каталожное обозначение Firkovich B 19 A). По Ленинградскому кодексу были подготовлены многие авторитетные издания Танаха, в том числе Biblia Hebraica (BHK) (1937), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) (1977) и Вестминстерский Ленинградский Кодекс. В 1970 и 1998 годах осуществлено факсимильное издание. После переименования Ленинграда в Санкт-Петербург название кодекса не стали менять во избежание путаницы.

Описание. Оформление

Согласно колофону, рукопись была создана в Каире писцом Самуилом, сыном Яакова, по заказу некоего Мевораха, сына Йосефа. Переписана на пергаменте, включает 491 лист (982 страницы). Средний формат листов — 33 × 28,5 см. Листы тонкого белого пергамента не переплетены, но заключены в кожаную обложку с металлическими застёжками. Текст переписан в три колонки (кроме книг Иова, Притчей Соломона и Псалтири, переписанных в две колонки) крупным квадратным шрифтом, включает полный аппарат Масоры на боковых полях. Масоретские примечания переписаны более мелким почерком и часто не снабжены огласовкой. В конце каждой библейской книги помещены масоретские списки с подсчётом стихов и фраз, перечнями слов-исключений и прочего. На листе 490v переписано стихотворение Моше бен Ашера, на листе 491r (то есть на одном развороте с первым) — стихотворение Шмуэля бен Яакова. 16 страниц кодекса богато орнаментированы красной и синей краской с позолотой.

Текст Ленинградского кодекса содержит все книги Танаха, но их порядок в разделе Писаний отличается от принятого в печатных изданиях. Первыми идут две книги Хроник, далее Псалтирь, Иов, Притчи, Руфь, Песнь Песней, Екклесиаст, Плач Иеремии, Есфирь, Даниил, Ездра и Неемия.

История рукописи. Издания
Документированная история рукописи начинается с XIX века, после составления коллекции А. Фирковича. Первое его описание сделал Мозес Пинер в 1845 году. В обнародовании текста Ленинградского кодекса ключевую роль сыграли Даниил Хвольсон, разбиравший коллекцию Фирковича, и Авраам Гаркави — руководитель восточного отделения Отдела рукописей Публичной библиотеки. В 1935 году рукопись была передана в Лейпциг для подготовки третьего издания Biblia Hebraica (Kittel), она была возвращена в 1937 году.

В 1970-е годы были выпущены факсимильное издание кодекса (Д. Лёвингер, Иерусалим, 1970) и дипломатическое издание его текста (А. Дотан, 1973). К 1990-м годам возникла потребность в точном издании, для чего центр древних библейских рукописей Клермонта (Калифорния) начал переговоры с руководством Государственной публичной библиотеки в Ленинграде. Переговоры в общей сложности затянулись на десятилетие, в результате в мае — июне 1990 года началась работа по фотокопированию рукописи. По договору, в Петербурге оставалось оборудование для факсимильного копирования, в день разрешалось обрабатывать не более 45 листов. Было выполнено более 6000 фотографий в разной технике и на разных плёнках, включая Polaroid. Окончательно факсимильное издание вышло в свет в 1998 году, оно было снабжено предисловием и научным аппаратом. Издание на 1016 страницах было меньше по формату, чем оригинальная рукопись: формат факсимиле 24,5 × 22 см, в том числе поле с текстом 19,5 × 19 см.

Вестминстерский Ленинградский кодекс
Вестминстерский Ленинградский Кодекс (Westminster Leningrad Codex) представляет собой оцифрованную версию Ленинградского кодекса, поддержка которого осуществляется Центром передовых библейских исследований Джеймса Алана Гроувса в Вестминстерской духовной семинарии (штат Пенсильвания, США). Вестминстерский Ленинградский кодекс представляет собой доработку текста Еврейской Библии «Michigan-Claremont-Westminster Electronic Hebrew Bible», проект которого был завершён ещё в 1987 году, в связи с чем он и получил своё новое название. С тех пор текст Вестминстерского Ленинградского кодекса, при сверке с фотофаксимиле Ленинградского кодекса, подвергался во многих местах правкам. Центр передовых библейских исследований Джеймса Алана Гроувса продолжает изучать и исправлять этот электронный текст, в основном в части постройки морфологии и синтаксиса базы данных Еврейской Библии.

См. также
 Петербургский кодекс (Новый Завет)
 Кодекс Алеппо

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In this calculator, we will provide you with some types of concrete blocks. We have two categories, based on their structure, shape, size, and production procedures.
Solid concrete blocks, which are massive and made from thick aggregate, are frequently employed. They are extremely robust and give excellent structural stability. Solid blocks are preferred for big masonry projects, such as load-bearing walls.
In comparison to bricks, they come in larger sizes. As a result, concrete masonry takes less time to construct than brick masonry.
The void area of hollow concrete blocks is larger than 25% of the total area. The solid area of hollow bricks should be greater than 50%. The hollow section might be separated into numerous components depending on our needs.
Lightweight aggregates are used to make them. They're lightweight and simple to put together. So here are some types of the hollow concrete blocks:
Stretcher block. Stretcher blocks are hollow concrete blocks that are commonly used in construction. They're placed with their length parallel to the wall's face.
Corner block. The ends, which might be window or door apertures, are placed so that their plane end is visible from the outside and the other end is secured with the stretcher block.
Pillar block. The double corner block is another name for pillar block. So we can use these blocks for piers and pillars.
Jamb block. Jamb blocks are particularly important for providing room for the window casing parts when installing double hung windows.
Partition block. We can use them to construct partition walls. This is because partition blocks are taller than they are wide. In the case of partition blocks, the hollow section is separated into two to three components.
Lintel block. The purpose of a lintel block or beam block is to provide a beam or lintel beam. Lintel beams are typically installed on the upper section of doors and windows to support the load from above.
Frogged brick block. Frogged brick block has a frog on top, as well as a header and stretcher, similar to a frogged brick. This frog will aid the block in retaining mortar and forming a solid link with the top lying block.
Bull nose block. Bull nose bricks are favored when we desire rounded edges at corners.
The first step to knowing the number of blocks required is to determine the size of your wall. To do so, follow the next equation:
Wall size = {Wall  Height \times Wall Width }
Simply multiply the quantity of cinder blocks by the price of a single block to calculate your costs:
Concrete  Block  Costs = {Price Per Block \times Number Of Blocks }
To figure out how many blocks there are, divide the wall's entire area by the area of a single block:
Number  Of  Blocks  Needed = \frac  {Wall  Area} {Block  Area}
Block  Area={Block  Height \times Block  Width  }
Concrete Block Calculator – How to Use?
Our calculator is easy to use and understand. Simply follow these steps to estimate all of your project's requirements:
1. Input the width and height of the concrete block wall you're constructing. They're required for calculating the square footage of a wall.
2. Choose whether you want to use a predefined block size or create your own:
The preconfigured block sizes correspond to the six most prevalent varieties found in the United States. If you want to know what they are in metric, feel free to use our length converter. Now you have to select the appropriate size.
If you choose custom size, you must enter the height and breadth of a single concrete block into the calculator. To minimize misunderstanding, an example of a wall segment will emerge to demonstrate exactly which proportions are required.
The total quantity of concrete blocks required for your project will be shown in both circumstances.
3. Calculate the cost of concrete blocks by entering the price of a single block.
4. Take a look at the field for mortar estimate. For example, to join 100 concrete blocks, it takes three normal mortar bags on average. Wow, this calculator is really amazing!
Assume your wall will be 10 feet tall and 50 feet long. It will cover 500 square feet with these sizes.
10 \times 50 = 500
A single 16″ × 8″ concrete block has a surface area of 128 square inches, therefore you'll need 563 concrete blocks.
00 \; ft^2 \div 128 \; in^2 = 72.000 \; in^2 \div 128 \; in^2= 562.5
You will pay $844.5 if one cinder block costs $1.5.
563 \times \$ 1.5 = \$ 844.5
In terms of the mortar bags, multiplying 563 by 33.3 yields 16.9. Because you can only buy complete bags, you'll need 17 regular bags of mortar for this project. Or just simply enter the values in our calculator, and we will do the rest of the work for you.
Besides this, our other concrete related posts may help you with your projects, such as Concrete Weight, Conrete Column and Concrete Estimator Tube.
How to calculate concrete blocks needed?
Substitute the numbers in the equation square feet of block = (length x height) / 144 for the length and height of the block in inches. A normal cement block, for example, measures 16 by 8 inches and covers 0.89 square feet (16 x 8) / 144 = 0.89.
How much does a concrete block weigh?
The weight should be around 35 pounds (16 kg). In the United States, the usual size is 8-inch by 8-inch by 16-inch. Cinder blocks are a versatile building material that may be utilized in a variety of projects.
How many standard blocks are in a square meter?
Ten blocks per square metre are required for a single block wall.
How many blocks do I need to build a 2 bedroom house?
After you've determined the square footage of both your wall and your block, all you have to do now is divide the wall square footage by the block square footage to get the number of blocks you'll need. For example, divide the square wall footage by 0.89 to get the number of blocks you'll need if you're using a normal 16′′ x 8′′ x 8′′ block.
How many blocks are in a pallet?
There are 72 blocks in a pallet.
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